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Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator); Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale (Creator); National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator); Shemisi, Paul (videographer); Viokolo Lelo, Ernest Léon (interviewee)
Genre:: oral histories (literary genre)
Subject:: Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO); Alliance of Bakongo (ABAKO); Afterlives of slavery and colonialism; Belgian Congo; Colonialism; Colonization; Congo (Democratic Republic)--1960-1970.; Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social conditions--20th century.; Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social conditions--21st century.; Cultural erasure; Displacement; Freedom and freedom-making; Illusion of liberation; Independence; Nkongo Kingdom; Racial slavery; Slavery; Congo (Democratic Republic); Kinshasa (Congo)
Local ID:: DRC_Viokolo_Lelo_Ernest_Léon_French_2023_June_22_P1000204
Extent:: 1 mov; 00:25:57:00

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Abstract:: In this interview, Ernest Léon Viokolo Lelo discusses his childhood, his work as an ethnomusicologist, different forms of slavery, and growing tribalism and ethnic tension/civil war after independence and intellectual slavery as a legacy of colonialism. Please be advised that this interview may contain stories of trauma, both personal and community-wide related to the legacies of racial slavery and colonialism. It is preserved to document the emotions and experiences of the individual interviewed. Some language in this transcript may be offensive. It is presented as it exists in the original audio recording. The views and opinions expressed by the speaker(s) do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Global Curatorial Project, Brown University, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, or the project’s institutional partners. For questions or concerns please contact library staff at hay@brown.edu or +1-401-863-2146.
Notes:: Immediate form of acquisition: A2023-057; Ernest Léon Viokolo Lelo - Interview Video 3, Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records, Ms.2022.010, Brown University Library; Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

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Citation

Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, and National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), "Ernest Léon Viokolo Lelo - Interview Video 3" (2023). Global Curatorial Project. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:2mgjzcvx/

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Ernest Léon Viokolo Lelo Oral History Interview

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Global Curatorial Project

The Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations series is an archival collection of oral histories gathered as part of the larger Global Curatorial Project which also includes a traveling exhibition using materials from the collection. These files are all related to …
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Ernest Léon Viokolo Lelo - Interview Video 3